The Basic Info:

The Haybarn Theatre is located at 123 Pitkin Rd. on the old Goddard College campus in Plainfield, VT. Its capacity is 225 seated, and 325 standing. A tech pack is available upon request. Our sound and lighting systems are ample and current, and the cathedral, post-and-beam framed ceilings and sound treated natural wood finish throughout make for excellent acoustics and ambiance. On the floor below, there's a restaurant and bar, The Haybarn Pub, in the same Community Center building as the theater. Thirty yards Adjacent on the historic Greatwood quad, we have The Kilpatrick lodge, with 45 rooms available for folks who want to make a night of it without having to drive home.

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An Invitation:

If you're interested in producing an intimate show of the highest caliber in a space that's legendary for programming countless transformative live arts, actions and educational events throughout recent history, look no further. If you're a live arts enthusiast who's looking for something a little more magical and transporting than the average venue, then The Haybarn Theatre is a must for you. Visit our Events page and consider catching one of our programs this fall season. You'll be able to say you were here when it all began

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A Little History:

The Haybarn Theatre has a uniquely stellar history for such a small venue. Since its conversion by Plainfield’s Harold Townsend in 1934 from Greatwood Farm’s haybarn into Goddard College’s Haybarn Theatre, it has been a theater for a school that labeled itself “a response of resistance to the rise of fascism”. The Haybarn Theatre has staged some of the biggest names in performing arts. Everyone from Allen Ginsberg to Cecile Taylor, from Patti Smith to Black Sabbath, from Sun Ra to Ram Dass has played here and has sung its praises for "changing the lives of the performer as much as the audience". It has been described as a hub of consciousness and an alter for political change. It housed the pivotal 1970 Alternative Media Conference, solidifying the importance and spread of community media -- especially community radio -- throughout the United States, which birthed its own campus radio station, WGDR FM, still thriving on campus today. It gave a home to (and incubated) Bread And Puppet, David Mamet, Phish, Anais Mitchell's Hade's Town and Grace Potter’s Nothing But The Water. Recent shows at the Haybarn Theatre have included Suzanne Vega, Jonathan Richmond, Allison Russell, Ang Li, Sondre Lerche, Bombino, Sierra Leone Refugee All Stars and many more. The Creative Campus is proud to announce this theater's return as a special and significant win for the future of live arts and humanities programming in New England.